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China's luxury brands are overtaking mass-market cars

02:56 A divergence is showing in the Chinese auto market between mass-market carmakers and luxury brands in terms of their sales in China. The latest data show that by

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French Open: 16-year-old Coco Gauff wins her main draw debut

American teenager Coco Gauff made an impressive return to the Grand Slam stage as she brushed aside ninth seed Johanna Konta 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the second round at Roland Garros on Sunday.It w

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Contemporary art exhibition envisions future of hope

The Beijing Contemporary Art Expo opened to the public on Sept. 26 at the 798 Art Center, inside Beijing's 798 Art District. Dozens of galleries and cultural institutions are presenting works under

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New Zealand's Ardern seen cruising to victory in election

New Zealand's ruling Labour Party has lost some support since July as the coronavirus resurged in Auckland, but it is still set to win the upcoming general election on

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Bryson DeChambeau blasts way to U.S. Open title

Bryson DeChambeau has won the U.S. Open – the first major championship for golf's long-hitting mad scientist.He is the third person in history to win an NCAA title, a U

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Bryson DeChambeau blasts way to U.S. Open title

Bryson DeChambeau has won the U.S. Open – the first major championship for golf's long-hitting mad scientist.He is the third person in history to win an NCAA title, a U

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Bundesliga: Bayern dismantle Schalke 8-0 in season opener

Treble winners Bayern Munich crushed Schalke 04 8-0 with a hat-trick from Serge Gnabry and a superb debut from Leroy Sane on Friday as they made a sensational start to

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Bundesliga: Bayern dismantle Schalke 8-0 in season opener

Treble winners Bayern Munich crushed Schalke 04 8-0 with a hat-trick from Serge Gnabry and a superb debut from Leroy Sane on Friday as they made a sensational start to

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Two years after signing peace deal, South Sudan remains at crossroads

South Sudan President Salva Kiir (centre) addresses the press jointly with First Vice President Riek Machar (R) at the State House in Juba, on February 20, 2020. /AFP After five years of bruta

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Voice assistants don’t work for kids: The problem with speech recognition in the classroom

Before the pandemic, more than 40% of new internet users were children. Estimates now suggest that children’s screen time has surged by 60% or more with children 12 and under spending upward of five h

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UN begins pullout from South Sudan civilian protection camps

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan said Friday it has begun withdrawing its troops and police from the civilian protection camps that began as a frantic experiment in the heat

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Freud's Vienna private rooms open, bereft of furniture

All of Sigmund Freud's private roomsin a Vienna museum opened to the public on Saturday – though they are devoid of any furniture since the Jewish founder of psychoanalysis took almost everything

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Globally 1 in 3 children missed on remote learning due to COVID-19

An 11-year-old child studies his Class 6 textbooks and revises the exercises at home in Nairobi, Kenya. He cannot participate in online learning as his family has no mobile phone. /UNICEF For

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Shenzhen, a pilot city with unprecedented success

VCG PhotoEditor's note:This year marks the 40th anniversary of Shenzhen being designated as China's first Special Economic Zone. Known as China's Silicon Valley, the ci

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The romantic story behind China's Valentine's Day

The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is Qixi, widely regarded as China's Valentine's Day.Legend has it that the youngest daughter of the Jade Emperor (the ruler of the world as per the l

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Panda twins born in northwest China

Photo taken on Aug. 22, 2020 shows giant panda Yongyong and its cub at the Qinling research center of giant panda breeding in northwest China's Shaanxi Province. Yongyo

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Chinese medical experts in S.Sudan share experience on COVID-19 fight

Members of Chinese medical expert team sent by the Chinese government to South Sudan pose for a photo with local frontline health workers at South Sudan’s main COVID-19 treatment center in Juba,